I only published one post this week: A review of Love and Honor. But I have an excuse: I've been gone all week on vacation. In fact, I'm gone now. I wrote this newsletter more than a week ago and set it to go live at the appropriate time. Festival-wise, Another Hole in the Head … Continue reading Movies for the Week of June 20

First, let me remind you that this is the last Bayflicks newsletter to be sent to the old mailing list. If you haven't yet joined the new mailing list, go to https://bayflicks.net/subscribe-to-newsletter/, enter your email address in the appropriate field, and click the Subscribe button. Within a few minutes you'll receive a confirmation email from … Continue reading Movies for the Week of June 13

Since last week's newsletter, I filed a Johnny To Report, told you about the summer's Silent Film Festivals, and mourned Precious Prints Lost to Fire. Both the Black Film Festival and Another Hole in the Head continue through the week, although the Black Festival takes a two-day break Monday and Tuesday. I haven't seen anything … Continue reading This Week’s Movies

There's astonishingly little for the newsletter. Just one really lousy comedy and two film festivals filled with works I haven't seen. Things will pick up next week; I promise. The Black Film Festival opens Wednesday with the British comedy Shoot the Messenger, and runs through June 15. It celebrates its tenth anniversary this year with … Continue reading This Week’s Movies (Not Much)

Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Red Vic, Friday through Sunday. Based on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Blade Runner remains surprisingly thoughtful for '80's sci-fi--especially of the big budget variety. It ponders questions about the nature of humanity, and about our ability to objectify people when it suits our needs. … Continue reading This Week’s Movies

Comedy Shorts, Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, Saturday, 7:30. The Silent Film Museum screens four short comedies by the best: Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd, and Laurel & Hardy. I can't speak for the others, but the Keaton selection, "The Goat," is one of his best. Body Heat, Castro, Friday, 8:00. It's been many years since I've … Continue reading This Week’s Movies

I posted a lot this week--no surprise. Go to the site and you'll find short reviews and festival reports on Time to Die, Stranded, Orz Boyz, The Art of Negative Thinking (the best movie I saw at the festival), Wonderful Town, Shadows in the Palace, Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans, and … Continue reading This Week At the Movies

I wrote a record eight posts this week, all but one about the San Francisco International Film Festival. The exception covered a couple of news items about a Restored Theater and an Aging James Stewart. You'll find all of my festival coverage at https://bayflicks.net/category/sfiff/. We're at the halfway point of the Festival, and it's dominating … Continue reading This Week At the Movies

I posted two articles this week, both about the San Francisco International Film Festival (opening as I type this). The first described films I haven't seen but would like to, and the second offered microreviews of the films I've been able to preview. Grandma's Boy (1922), Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, Saturday, 7:30. In his … Continue reading This Week At the Movies

San Francisco International Film Festival Opening Night: The Last Mistress, Castro, Thursday, 7:00. The big, expensive, opening night! If that's your taste, the movie is secondary. If it isn't, the movie will be in theaters in a few months. But I'll tell you about the movie anyway. Pretty tame by the standards of writer/director Catherine … Continue reading This Week At the Movies